Miura, the original supercar

Paying attention to the production list => serial number following a sequence and the delivery to customers, IRL reports for instance that #4846, which has the plates, was the first car to reach its owner in CH delivered by Foitek < > #4834 was the first production car SV that doesn't have these plates...confusing isn'it.

So what's the order - if one can be defined - among all these first SV's produced or in another way which SV VIN get the new front hood design ???
Here are the only 3x SV's I've noticed with with flat plates : 4758 ; 4838 ; 4846
Any answer ?

 

Ferry: When you have a minute take a look the chapter entitled "Chassis Number" in my Miura book and I promise it will help you understand what went happened in the period and the resultant relationship between production numbers, chassis numbers and delivery dates.

In addition to the SVs you've listed above add 4844 and 4878. The rest are yet to be confirmed but we have no indication that they did not have them..

 

Hey Joe
Do you know a guy in N Y with a miura by the name of Ignaco G

 

Cant say I do.

 

I was paging through the June 2009 issue of Classic & Sports Car and saw that 2 Miuras were up for auction at a Bonhams event back in May. Their website reports no sales on either. Any further details out there?

'68 Miura P400 (chassis 3420) estimated at 250-300,000 GBP - http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4283371&iSaleNo=17302&iSaleSectionNo=2

'70 Miura SV (chassis 4868/4521) estimated 380-450,000 GBP - http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4292114&iSaleNo=17302&iSaleSectionNo=2

I did search the thread for chassis numbers and found this -

http://slaviccollection.com/les_voitures/chacune/Lamborghini/Folder_Miura/index.html

No hits returned on the P400 (#3420).

 

Correct 4868 is Slavic's car, what is more interesting is the 3420 since that is also a ex-swiss car which was yet not known with pictures.

3420 1968 1802 Rosso nero Prod. #160. 28.3.1968, Dealer: G.G.NATIONS, Geneva, DEL AMO
1999- Car in California, older restoration. Japan

 

Forgot in April to stipulate that this P400 offered for 320.000 € by Hans Saturski in Germany is......#3075
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Its not surprising when cars with multiple identities don't sell...

 

The Bertone Miura Spyder is in Switzerland since a few weeks, I'm gonna to see it the next week

 

Does someone on this Forum have a LHD Miura steering rack for sale or a source where to buy one ?

And by the way, is this part specific for the Miura or does it come from a donor car ?

I've notices that there were 2 versions mounted on the LHD version : P400+early S and Later S-SVs

Thanks

Bruno

 

miura_001.jpg
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miura sv sump 007.jpg miura sv sump 004.jpg
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Factory split-sump, cool.

Nothing a little "quality time" won't fix.

 

Ed: This looks like 4027. If so, then it should have engine number 30355 and it is a 1969 P400S Series One originally delivered in "Bianco Miura" (white). I last noted it as being sold out of Minnesota a few years ago.

 

Tim: 30666 is supposed to be the last SINGLE sump engine...
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OOPS!

 

Was this the purple car? I can't recall the owners name.

Or perhaps one of these from the Otto Winzen Estate (the white one is an SV)?
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SO IS THIS LIKE A BONUS!! OR WHAT

 

All 3 are P400S... he must have had a thing for them.

 

I'm sure it comes as as no surprise to followers of this thread that there are so many numbers stamped on so many pieces of the car that it is unrealistic to think a reasonable assurance as to identity cannot be established.

I would also think that production changes to things like wiring harnesses and the like would do wonders for establishing period identity. A few hours with a set of tools will probably give the prospective purchaser all the information they needed to know with reasonable certainty.

 

The badge had me fooled.
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Exactly.

 

looking at this the dates and the numbers are all over the place. so what do you guys think plus or minus???

 

The gearbox fill plug is consistent with a split-sump engine. Assuming that it really has a split-sump (and not just the fill plug) I would consider it to be a plus. I doubt that this is the first example of reality differing from the ancient documents.

 

True. That's why I used the word "supposed"...